About the Authors

Praveen Thumbikat

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ruth E. Berry

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ge Zhou

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology, Dermatology, Pharmacology and Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Benjamin K. Billips

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ryan E. Yaggie

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tetiana Zaichuk

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Tung-Tien Sun

Affiliation Departments of Cell Biology, Dermatology, Pharmacology and Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Anthony J. Schaeffer

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David J. Klumpp

d-klumpp@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT REB GZ TZ TTS AJS. Performed the experiments: PT REB GZ BKB REY TZ DJK. Analyzed the data: PT REB GZ BKB REY TZ TTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTS AJS. Wrote the paper: PT REB DJK.